Keep Track And Update Employees Out And About Promoting Your Business
Many businesses employ sales representatives whose job if to be out and about generating
orders for goods or services and finding new clients or customers.
These days the closing of a deal may depend on their being able to answer questions about availability, delivery dates or costs that mean they need access to information in real time.
That means the company needs a robust stock, invoicing and order-tracking system in place that can be accessed remotely by staff when they are out and about. Perhaps it needs to be linked to an online catalogue or to the companys website and accessible via a tablet or mobile phone carried by reps on the move.
An application like this may have very specific requirements relevant to its particular industry and equally there may need to be a robust security system so that only those employees who are authorised at specific levels can get access to the information.
To get exactly the right applications for a business needs an experienced and versatile application developer who can design what is needed.
There are developers in India who offer such services globally and have an excellent reputation for delivering exactly the right solution on time, but to find the right one there are a number of questions that need to be answered.
A check on the development companys website should reveal case studies and examples of apps it has developed across a whole range of options from computer-based Web 2.0 through to the various mobile phone systems and if appropriate apps for social media like Facebook that are becoming increasingly important to business.
The information should include the companies it has worked with and should demonstrate the range of programming tools it has expertise in, whether they are open-source or bespoke.
The best companies also outline the way the process of fulfilling an order will be carried out, from conceptualizing, developing, enhancing and maintaining web applications/platforms and mobile applications.
You will want to know about their order management and back-up practices and how well they keep clients in the loop during project management and whether they can deliver on time and on budget.
One way to check is to ask to be put in touch with a client they have already worked for to get an assessment of how they felt their job was handled. A reputable company should not refuse a request like this and will do its best to be as informative and helpful as possible from the moment you first contact them.